One more sleep! – When I was a kid, this was an exciting day. People would be coming and going. Lots of commotion and cooking and eating. Once I was past the Santa stage, we put our tree up with … Continue reading
Category Archives: Growing Up
Feeling home
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Last week we finished the furniture and window treatments for our upstairs landing. It’s a quiet spot with enough room for a chair, ottoman and lamp. My favorite armoire is there too. We hung a shade replacing a 20-year-old window … Continue reading
So what would you do?
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I’m a terrible gift giver. I hate the concept of buying something because you have to. I prefer to buy when I see something that reminds me of the person I’m buying for, but that doesn’t always happen when an … Continue reading
Specialists, a new way of life
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Have you noticed that the ranks of medical generalists is going the way of the dinosaur? I keep getting referred off for what I consider inconsequential things. I was at the eye doc this summer. Typically when I go, they … Continue reading
Random 5 for August 1, 2021 – Seasons, locusts, clothing, projects, medical advances
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Dang! It’s happened again! – July disappears more so than any other month for me. It has slithered away but not without excitement. I’m hoping for a delightful (and long) August! Oh yes, and boring too! The locusts are back! … Continue reading
The art of a favor — he’s a keeper!
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When I was a child I was afraid of some of my friends’ fathers. They would yell and scold and didn’t seem to have a tolerance for children. My own dad was not like. I was not used to a … Continue reading
Random 5 for June 13, 2021 – Flowers, Gus, downsizing, windows, houseguests
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Discovery! – The new house has basic landscaping. Not a lot of beautiful gardens or flowers but I have found a few. There is a gorgeous peony in the back. Unfortunately it’s at a spot that you can’t see from … Continue reading
Another one goes
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I was one of 50 cousins and the youngest of all. Most of my cousins are 10 to 20 years older than I am and many have passed. This week another one died. I wasn’t close to this particular cousin … Continue reading
No! Not old feet!
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My mother had old feet. When I was a child I thought my mother was old. All parents were old. Some were ancient. She wasn’t ancient, just old. She liked to go barefoot (a gene her daughter did not inherit … Continue reading
It’s August
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Something happens to me in August. At a certain point a switch flips and I’m in fall mode. Not real fall but practice fall. It happens mid to late August. I look longingly at my hoodies with the soft fleece … Continue reading
